Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Saturday, January 3, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 31–27.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Cam Neely, Charlie Simmer, Steve Kasper, Geoff Courtnall, Brent Sutter and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Doug Keans made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (13)Richard Kromm (7)0–100:26 NYI
Cam Neely (14)Ray Bourque (27), Geoff Courtnall (17)1–108:54 BOS ·
2nd period
Mike Bossy (24)Patrick Flatley (23), Brent Sutter (19)1–201:24 NYI
Charlie Simmer (12)Rick Middleton (10), Tom McCarthy (14)2–203:40 BOS · 
Steve Kasper (7)Unassisted3–211:38 BOS
3rd period
Geoff Courtnall (7)Ray Bourque (28)4–200:25 BOS- Mike Bossy (25)Pat LaFontaine (16), Bryan Trottier (30)4–312:01 NYI ·
Brent Sutter (20)Duane Sutter (12), Patrick Flatley (24)4–412:36 NYI
Tom McCarthy (16)Ray Bourque (29), Reed Larson (17)5–413:42 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNYI
3127
0%0%
3/51/4
2628
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:11 into the first period
Brian Curran · hooking2 min - 14:52 into the first period
Nevin Markwart · roughing2 min - 14:52 into the first periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 17:49 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 17:49 into the first periodBrian Curran · fighting5 min
- 18:33 into the first periodNevin Markwart · charging2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 18:33 into the first periodDuane Sutter · instigator2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 2:54 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodAllen Pedersen · tripping2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodNevin Markwart · high sticking2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodGord Dineen · interference2 min
- 1:19 into the third periodBrent Sutter · interference2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodPaul Boutilier · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the third periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
- 11:20 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodDenis Potvin · interference2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |